Recently, I met a businesswoman who is, to put it mildly, vastly disorganized. She spends considerable time on manual and repetitive data entry. She’s drowning in email inquiries. She spends a lot of time telling story after story to prove herself “right.” And unfortunately, she continues to be drawn to sexy “time saving” software that […]
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Doing It Differently in 2010
Everyone is writing about setting goals and resolutions for 2010. As an organization and productivity expert, I can’t help but chime in on this! Over and over I see business professionals struggling to stay organized; to manage the e-mails messages that multiply exponentially throughout the day; and to stay on top of their ever growing […]
Team Dynamics and Delegation
There are a lot dynamics at work in teams and small businesses. Individual personalities, differing viewpoints and communication styles. A consultant named George called me recently and admitted that he was really frustrated with his administrative team. He kept saying they couldn’t seem to get him the information he needed. That they weren’t engaged in […]
10 Ways to Get Organized
I’ve worked with lots of small business owners over the years, so I wrote up this list of 10 ways to get organized to help you. Make them work for you! There is no ‘one way’ to organize an office – the system that works for me might not work for you! Being organized doesn’t […]
Getting Organized Yields Real Results
Getting organized provides concrete time, money, and frustration savings. You can get a process or system organized to make more money as well. This works for solopreneurs, consultants and small businesses. Either alone or working with a team, you’ll realize numerous benefits through getting organized.
Virtual Organizing
This morning’s exercise was so fun! Nope, I didn’t go running. Or biking. Or kayaking. In fact, I never even left my office. What kind of exercise did I do? I virtually organized a home-based business owner’s office. Yes. Virtually. This particular business owner lives in Louisiana. she’d commented a few times on Twitter and […]